IN-VEHICLE ILLUMINATING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle illuminating apparatus that performs an illumination to assist in taking a plurality of images of the periphery of a vehicle, by a plurality of cameras of an image generating apparatus that generates a synthetic image viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on the images, the in-vehicle illuminating apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of light sources that illuminates a side area of the vehicle; and
a housing in which the light sources are fixed and accommodated in a state where light axes of the light sources are directed to different directions from each other,wherein the light sources includes;
a first light source that mainly illuminates a front area disposed at a front side of the vehicle in the side area;
a second light source that mainly illuminates a rear area disposed at a rear side of the vehicle in the side area; and
a third light source that mainly illuminates an area disposed between the front area and the rear area.
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Abstract
A plurality of light sources to assist in image capturing is attached to a vehicle at low cost and simplicity. Three light sources that illuminate a side area in the same direction of the vehicle are fixed to and accommodated in the same housing in a state where light axes of the light sources are directed to different directions from each other. Through this, the three light sources are integrated into a side camera unit by the housing. Accordingly, by attaching the side camera unit only, the light sources can be attached to the vehicle at a time. As a result, the light sources for widely illuminating the side area of the vehicle can be mounted on the vehicle at low cost and simplicity.
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10 Claims
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1. An in-vehicle illuminating apparatus that performs an illumination to assist in taking a plurality of images of the periphery of a vehicle, by a plurality of cameras of an image generating apparatus that generates a synthetic image viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on the images, the in-vehicle illuminating apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of light sources that illuminates a side area of the vehicle; and a housing in which the light sources are fixed and accommodated in a state where light axes of the light sources are directed to different directions from each other, wherein the light sources includes; a first light source that mainly illuminates a front area disposed at a front side of the vehicle in the side area; a second light source that mainly illuminates a rear area disposed at a rear side of the vehicle in the side area; and a third light source that mainly illuminates an area disposed between the front area and the rear area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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